Bag-holder



(No Model.)

P. COLE.

BAG HOLDER. No. 305,572. Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY COLE, OF PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA.

BAG-HOLDER.

:BPECIFIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,572, dated September 23, 1884.

Application filed May 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERCY COLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pipestone, in the county of Pipestone and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved bag-holder. Fig. '2 is a perspective view of the upper part of the same, showing it holding a bag.

My invention relates to a device for holding a bag while the same is being filled. and it is an improvement on Letters Patent No. 296,135, granted to me April 8, 1884; and my invention consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of devices, to be hereinafter more fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, A represents a standard which is provided at its lowerend with a small pivoted wheel or roller, B, on which it rests. Two braces, 0, project downward and outward from the standard at about the middle of the same, the said braces being curved, so as to rest the ends squarely against the floor, as shown in Fig. 1. The standard A is provided with a ratchet, a, for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Two u pwardly-projecting rods, D, are united at their lower ends,so as to form a pawl adapted to engage the ratchet a, secured to the standard A.

A U -shaped frame forms two arms, F, which are riveted to the rods D. The crosspiece of the U-shaped frame is bent to fit against and to partially inclose the standard.

From the arms F the rods D extend upward a short distance, and have holes bored through the ends to receive the pins d, which form a hinge with the hooks D. r

A hopper. H, is provided at the back with two hooks, D, centrally perforated to receive the pins d, by which they are united to the rods D. By this means the hopper may be turned back and forth. This hopper is adapted to rest on the arms F, and is provided near its bottom edges with two downwardly-projecting clips, J, which fit against the outer sides of the arms F. At the front the hopper is provided with a thumb-piece, K, which is used to draw the hopper forward. The arms F and rods D can be adjusted higher orlower, according to the length of the bag, the lower end of the rods D being made to engage the ratchet a, so as to hold the arms F at the desired height. When a bag is to be attached, the hopper is swung up, as shown in Fig. ,1. and the upper edges of the bag M are fastened to the hooks D and drawn over the arms F. Then, by the hand on the thumb-piece K, the hopper isdrawn down. The clipsJ rest against the outer sides of the arms F, and thus hold the bag in place. The material with which the bag is filled is passed into hopper I1, and

when the bag is full the hopper is sifirply turned back, as shown in Fig. 1. The bag is then released, and may be readily removed.

The hook d on the front of the hopper is to take up the slack of a large bag-such as a gunny-sackbut. with an ordinary seamless bag this hook is unnecessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I11 a bag-holder. the standard A, provided with the braces C and ratchet a, and the U-shaped frame forming the arms F, in combination with the hopper H, rods D, perforated in their upper ends, the pins d, and the perforated hooks I), all combined to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PERCY COLE.

Vitnesses:

E. O. DEAN, O. O. COLE, 

